Stopping in with a little update.

[KCCutie]

First Congrats to all the ladies who got engaged this month I have a feeling I missed quite a few.

Who knew being unemployed would keep me so busy?

I''m finally all moved into the apartment with my wonderful man, who has been amazing since I lost my job and I really can''t ask for more right now. People are getting laid off left and right it seems and I''m just glad my boyfriend still has his job. I am afraid though that he hasn''t saved any money and that this is going to put a big strain on him financially so a ring may be further away than I had hoped.

Okay so it''s not a total loss I am very happy living with him and when I get a job I plan to start paying for more so that he can concentrate on saving.

His sister is getting married this weekend and I am so happy that his family has involved me in all the "girlie wedding stuff" (as E likes to call it). The night of the Bachelor party his sister and I hung out first at an engagement party for his cousin and then just around town trying to avoid the party going on at her house and it was so great to hang out with just her, she kept telling me she knew we would get enanged soon and that she was so happy her brother had found me...yes there was lots of crying but it was a great night. The the next week was the bridal shower and her bachelorette party and it was so much fun. I think my favorite part was that their cousin (the one who the engagement party was for) ran into us during the bacelorette party and he came up to me and said "Hey Cuz!" and gave me a huge hug, I swear I almost cried.

I''m having a little bit of LIWitis lately with all the wedding stuff and it''s so hard but every time I feel like it''s been too long and I can''t wait any longer I try to remind myself it''s only been about 6 months since we started talking about getting enagaged and some crazy stuff has happened since then, but alas patience is not one of my strong points I''m so gald I have you ladies to keep me from going absolutely bonkers! I just keep thinking we need to get engaged soon if we are going to be able to do our destination wedding this winter. I really held myslef back last night from asking E when he thinks it will happen, aqnd I really need to keep that up. I know he''s under a lot of stress right now and my LIWitis is the last thing he needs. So i''ll be around a little more trying to keep myself in check.

Thanks for lettingme ramble!

 

[dreaming of the day]

So nice to see you back again! I am glad the move went well, how is the job search going?

Sounds like you have been very welcomed into E''s family, oooh so exciting. That is such a nice feeling, so congrats on that. Sounds like life has been treating you very well, so waiting a little longer for an e-ring will be hard but so worth it! I am sending you some *dust* just in case!!!

 

[absolut_blonde]

Aww. Glad to hear you are enjoying living with your FF. I am liking it too-- but I am finding that it''s making my LIWitis worse! Things are so great that I can''t wait to make them official.

And like you, there are some financial factors impeding our progress, which is really frustrating. I would also like a DW ideally sometimes late next winter/early the spring after that so I''m also impatiently waiting and waiting... LOL.

Hope you have luck with the job hunt soon!

 

[Dreamgirl]

Nice to see you! I haven''t been around much lately myself so I had to give my own little update. Im glad everything is going well for you! I wish you plenty of luck for a new job!

 

[idreamofcushions]

Congrats on moving in together! although it does make waiting even harder (I know from personal experience). I too was unemployed about a year and a half ago and it lasted 5 months...my SO helped me alot during that time and had to dip into the "ring fund" unfortunately. I''m doing alot better financially now and have offered to pay him back, but he refuses to accept

Now it''s just the waiting game...I''m right there with ya!

Good luck on your job hunt!!!

 

[jcarlylew82]

congrats on moving in together and how wonderful that his family has really included you on ALL family affairs!!

 

[KCCutie]

Thanks so much for all your kind words ladies!

I can see how living together makes the wait even harded. But I know he''s thinking about it and trying. He had me open a bunch of old mail so I could throw out the trash and just keep the important statements and stuff and there was a credit denial from Blue Nile in there. I''m kimda glad they declined him b/c I don''t want him going into any debt to make this purchase but I it was nice to see that he was thinking about it and looking at diamonds. Last night he went to maul store to buy a pendant or something for his sister for a wedding present and cam back talking about how the certification on their diamonds weren''t good enough for him

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being in the midle of wedding central isn''t really helping but I''m going to force myself to just have fun. We have his sister''s wedding then in amonth his cousin''s and my best freind form high school has just lapped me AGAIN! UGH!...Of course not so great that the first time didn''t work out but seriously that stings a little. She got married already and willl be comin to town to have a small reception here. I''m really hoping we can get engaged before the end of the year, but we''ll justhave to see what happenes money-wise.

The job hunt is so frustrating! I''m an admin asst and I''m 31, my last job paid around 37K so I need to stay in that upper 30''s range paywise and there just aren''t a lot of those jobs out there and lots of people think I should just take and entry level high 20''s low 30''s job but I just can''t justify it right now. I''ll never be able to pay for a wedding on that! Luckily my old employed closed down so I am getting unemployment and that allows me to pay my bills and still buy groceries and cook at home shich helps E save money. So I''m kinda holding out for a beter offer but it''ll come I just know it.